The Square Rigger was situated at 2
Arthur Street. This pub was built in the 1960s on the site of an earlier pub
called The Crooked Billet - the address was then known as 9-10 Crooked Lane.
It has now been demolished, with the building in the above photo built on
the site. Also known as the Old City Of London Shades.

The Square Rigger is an extremely
unusual pub, constructed a a replica of an eighteenth century ship of the
line with a giant sail, a mast running through the middle of the pub, and
two 'decks'. From the centre of the 'ship' you look out over the 'gunwhales'
to murals of a distant sea coast. All that's missing from the total illusion
is a whiff of the brine and the motion of the waves!
The upper bar is also a wine bar, and next to the lower bar is a dining
area. The pub serves bar snacks and pizzas with tongue-in-cheek, maritime
names.
Hot and cold snacks and pizzas served during opening hours: sausage at 40p
to Bigger Rigger pizza at £2.60.

The Maritime England Year leaflet,
1982.

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